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Creating Writers, 3/e is a most comprehensive exploration of Spandel's effective 6-trait approach to writing. It provides clear guidelines on helping students draft, assess, and revise their writing, as well as explicit criteria to show students precisely what they must do to succeed as writers in virtually any situation-including state tests.

Table of Contents:
(Each chapter ends with Activities, Looking Ahead and Reflecting on the previous chapter sections.) 1. Creating a Vision. Through Teachers' Eyes and Ears. A Vision-Not a Whole New Curriculum. Assessing to Learn. Good Assessment: Helping Students Hit the Target. Reliability and Validity. Frosting on the Cake: Student Motivation. Not Expecting Too Much. 2. A Quick Walk Through the World of Writing Assessment. An Ancient History. Criteria: What Are They? Where Do They Come From? Forms of Direct Assessment. Large-Scale and Classroom Assessment: Building on the Bridge. 3. Getting Inside Student Writing. Who Invented the 6 Traits? What Teachers Value in Writing. Six-Trait Analytical Scoring Guide for Personal/Creative Writing. Getting Ready to Score Papers. So What's a 6? Tips on Scoring Each Trait. Causes of Rater Bias. Sample Papers for Practice Scoring. Suggested Scores and Comments. If Your Scores Don't Agree. 4. If You Just Have to Have More Papers.... Never Enough. Suggested Scores and Comments. 5. What You Can Assess You Can Revise. Linking Assessment to Instruction. Connecting Traits to Writing Purposes. Laying the Foundation for Traits. Six Keys to Teaching Traits. 6-Trait Scoring Guide for Students. Focused Lessons for IDEAS. Focused Lessons for ORGANIZATION. Focused Lessons for VOICE. Focused Lessons for WORD CHOICE. Focused Lessons for SENTENCE FLUENCY. Answers to Frequently Asked Questions. 6. Focused Revision. Making the Task Manageable. More Than the Sum of the Parts. Begin By Modeling Revision. Give Students Opportunities to Practice Revision. Procedures for Setting Up the Lesson. Papers You Can Use for Practice Revision. Self-Reflection: The End of the Rainbow. 7. Troubleshooting: From Ideas to Conventions. Ideas. Organization. Voice. Word Choice. Sentence Fluency. Teaching Conventions Through Editing. Developing A Proofreader's Eye. The How-To's of Teaching Editing. What About Peer Editing. What to Tell Parents. Ideas for Helping Challenged/Beginning Writers. Get Parents Involved. Advanced Trait Activities. 8. Being a Writer. Do You Write? Enlightenment. It Can Make You Uncomfortable. Reasons TO Write. Two Stories. Story 1: Terror in Fourth Grade. Story 2: Snooky: Coffee and Prewriting. 9. Teacher Talk: Learning From Other Teachers. In Elaine's Self-Contained 6th Grade Classroom. In Jim's High School Classrooom. In Lynne's Workshops and Classes. In Ellen's AP English Class. In Arlene's K-1 Classroom. In Sammie's Tiger Learning Center. 10. Adapting the 6-Trait Guide to Fit You. The Simplest Adaptation: Being Selective. Scoring Guide for Informational and Research-Based Writing. Simplicity Itself: The Checklist. Simplified Rubrics. Sample Expository and Research Papers. Suggested Scores and Comments for Informational/Research Papers. Adapting the Guide for Native Spanish Speakers. Guia de calificacion para los estudiantes escritores. 11. The World of Beginning Writers. Teaching Ourselves What to Look For. Helping Writers See Their Strengths. How Traits Look Early On. Ideas for Teaching Traits to Beginners. Criteria for Charting Growth. Give It Time. 12. Communicating: Through Comments, Conferences, Peer Review and Grades. Language Makes All the Difference. Comments. Conferences. Peer Response Groups. Grading. How and What to Grade. Translating Analytical Scores into Grades. Communicating with Parents. Epilogue: Reflecting and Believing. References. Index.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780801332524
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 416
  • Spine Width: mm
  • Width: 191 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0801332524
  • Publisher Date: 30 Jul 2001
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 589.67 gr


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